2025 Investor Forum

The Winston Starts Investor Forum is an annual event designed to provide Winston Starts founders an opportunity to pitch to investors from across North Carolina and the Southeast.
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March 20, 2025

A Look At The Event

TimeEvent
1:00 pmWelcome & Opening Remarks
1:15 pmFeatured Speakers
1:45 pmPre-Revenue Stage Pitches
3:30 pmRevenue Stage Pitches
4:30 pmWinners Announced
4:45 pmVisit Founder Tables
5:30 pmReception & Networking

Featured Companies

Pre-Revenue Stage

Zack Lyon
Founder & CEO
Uly Grisette
Founder & CEO
seth-wingate-round
Seth Wingate
Founder & CEO
Daniel Yohannes
CEO

Revenue Stage

Josh Cooper
Co-Founder & President
Rick Harrison
Founder & CEO
Kiernan Heine
Co-Founder & CEO
Carolyn Sithong
Founder & CEO
Jessica Bruno
Founder & CEO
Kelly Maxey
Co-Founder
Jon Bagg
Founder & CEO
Amy Dunlap
Founder & CEO
Q. Nicole Vanderhorst
Founder & Owner
Josh McGee
Co-Owner & Sauce Boss

Master of Ceremony

Allan Younger
Senior Director of Programs, NCIDEA

Featured Speakers

Winners from past Winston Starts Investor Forum pitch contests, David Kasycki and Dave Miller will provide updates on their startup journeys and lessons learned along the way.

David Kaszycki

Co-Founder & CEO, Beam

Dave Miller

Dave Miller, Founder & CEO, mPath

Judges

Eva Doss
President & CEO, The Launch Place
David Jones
David Jones
General Partner, Bull City Venture Partners
Jill Kaplan
Jill Kaplan
Investor & Mentor, Xelle Ventures
Zakiya Alta Lee
Senior Associate, IDEA Fund Partners
Joe Mancini
Co-Founder and General Partner, Front Porch Venture Partners
Tim McLaughlin
Timothy McLoughlin
Managing Partner, Cofounders Capital
Lou Anne Flanders Steck
Lou Anne Flanders Stec
Fund Executive, First Launch Capital Fund

Past Winners

2024

2023

2022

Presenting Sponsor

Event Sponsors

dualboot Partners